‘US Government does not stand for freedom’: Bukele reacts to US bill passing ...
The bill would direct federal agencies to scrutinize how El Salvador implements its Bitcoin law. El Salvador president Nayib Bukele reacted to the news that the recently proposed Accountability for Cryptocurrency in El Salvador Act (ACES) had passed the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and will now head to a full Senate vote. The 40-year old national leader responded emotionally on Twitter:Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought that the US Government would be afraid of what we are doing here. pic.twitter.com/QgJPa70mn0— Nayib Bukele (@nayibbukele) March 23, 2022 On....
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